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Portraits of Holy Women - Selections from the Vita Christi (Paperback)
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Portraits of Holy Women - Selections from the Vita Christi (Paperback)
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The Vita Christi, written by the abbess Isabel de Villena, is the
only literary work in Catalan to bear the signature of a woman
during the Middle Ages. It represents a fascinating re-evaluation
of the role women played inthe life of Jesus Christ. The Life of
Christ (Vita Christi), written by the abbess Isabel de Villena, is
the only literary work to have been preserved in Catalan and to
bear the signature of a woman during the Middle Ages. It was
composed to provide spiritual direction for the nuns within the
community of Poor Clares which Sor (i.e. Sister) Isabel oversaw at
the Convent of the Holy Trinity in Valencia. The work was only able
to emerge from obscurity by accident. In 1497 Queen Isabel of
Castile, the wife of Ferdinand of Catalonia-Aragon, who had heard
news of the book's existence, asked Sor Isabel's successor for a
copy. The new Abbess, Sor Aldonca, responded by bringing the work
to press. Queen Isabel's interest in Sor Isabel's book was
understandable. The former abbess had been the daughter of the
refined and restless Marquess of Villena, and was herself educated
at Court, a milieu with which she maintained very positive
relations throughout her life. As an abbess, what's more, she
carried out important reforms at the convent and became a valued
and respected figure within the dynamic cultural world of the
Valencia of her day. Isabelde Villena's Vita Christi has often been
interpreted as a response, delivered from the serenity of the
cloister, to the misogyny and satire against the female gender
emanating from certain books written at that time. Sor Isabel's
work is a re-evaluation of the role women played in the life of
Jesus Christ, a role at variance with the subsidiary one ascribed
to them by the majority of commentators. Published in association
with Editorial Barcino, Barcelona.
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